Friday, June 10, 2016

A ruling with the potential to vastly expand the number of
California residents permitted to carry concealed weapons in public was
overturned by a federal appeals court.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday set aside a
three-judge panel’s 2014 ruling that San Diego County’s process for
determining who qualifies for a permit to carry a concealed weapon
violates the constitutional right to bear arms. The decision is a loss
for gun rights advocates including the National Rifle Association who
have attacked some of the nation’s strictest public-carry laws.

An 11-judge panel took up the case after California Attorney General
Kamala Harris asked for reconsideration of the earlier panel’s ruling
that any responsible, law-abiding citizen is entitled under the U.S.
Constitution’s Second Amendment to carry a hidden, loaded gun in public
for self-defense.

The earlier panel found that San Diego County’s
sheriff overstepped his authority when he concluded an applicant for a
concealed weapon permit didn’t demonstrate “good cause” to carry a Colt
1911 .45 caliber pistol in public.

State regulations on the carrying of firearms in public have become a
new battleground over gun rights following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
in 2008 that struck down a District of Columbia law banning handguns in
the home.
‘Overwhelming Consensus’

“Based on the overwhelming consensus of historical sources, we
conclude that the protection of the Second Amendment -- whatever the
scope of that protection may be -- simply does not extend to the
carrying of concealed firearms in public by members of the general
public,” the majority wrote in Thursday’s 7-4 ruling.

Harris, a Democrat who is the front-runner for a U.S. Senate seat,
was backed in court by several gun control groups, including Everytown
for Gun Safety, whose advisory board includes former New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of
Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News.

Thursday’s ruling is in line with those by appeals courts in New
York, Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia, that have upheld
discretionary permitting.

The case is Peruta v. Gore, 10-56971, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco).

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